颓靡
tuí​mǐ

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颓 tuí ruined Simplified

A bald 秃 head 页; 秃 also provides the pronunciation

Components

秃
秃 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

靡 mǐ, mí, má divide

Phonosemantic compound. 非 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

非
非 Meaning component
fēi not
麻
麻 Sound component
má, ma hemp

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蘼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjem(r)ajto share with
mjeXm(r)ajʔsquander; not have, not exist; fall over; small, tiny
Zhengzhangmralʔ
Unicodemyɛ̌

說文解字

披靡也。从非麻聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

頹 ruined Traditional

A bald 禿 head 頁; 禿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禿
禿 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uːl
Unicodedhuəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang